Here we go . https://electrek.co/2021/06/04/harle...t-it-could-be/
So yea in early July.

 

Or not. It could just be the 2021 LiveWire. The Harley announcement was that July would feature the introduction of the first LiveWire-branded motorcycle. We already know the 2021 version of the existing LiveWire is coming, that it has a little more range and a little less top speed, and that it won't be branded a Harley, it will be labeled a LiveWire-brand bike. So it sounds to me like that fits the requirements to meet Harley's statement.

​​​​​​I'd love to see a whole new bike, don't get me wrong. I'm just saying that I doubt that's what this is.

 

I really hope you're wrong man . The original Livewire if you're right though with the HD branding might become a collectable, especially the first 500 with the numbered run and plaque . If so I gotta get me one of them somehow.
I need to do some exercise so I'm hoping option 2 is the go.

 

I agree entirely. I would love to be 100% wrong on this and I would love to see them introduce an affordable middleweight. I just don't see it from what we have so far though; I mean people always leak the EPA and patent information and we haven't seen anything other than the specs for the 2021.

And I am right there with you, I think a Harley-branded LiveWire, only offered for one year, and especially a First Strike edition, has the potential to be a collector's classic.

 

So if you're right we both gotta get us one of them each yea before the ****ers appreciate . lol

 

I think Fatbob2018 is right as the Dealer principal of a HD shop offered me 10K AUD(7700USD) over trade on my FXBB to trade on a Livewire ,so yea the next release is probably a much cheaper Livewire maybe with different specs .

 

The only problem with the LiveWire is the price, IMO. It's a brilliant bike, superbly engineered, outstanding components etc, but it just costs too much for too many people, right?

So maybe this whole spinoff is a form of cost cutting. If LiveWire bikes were sold like Tesla's (over the web, no gigantic palatial dealership needing their cut, etc) then maybe that's a way to get the price down. And they couldn't do that as Harley... So now they're spinning off and rebranding the whole thing as a different company.

I expect that you'll see direct-to-dealer incentives to get the remaining stock of Harley LiveWires moved off the dealership floors. They had a $2,500 incentive last December, plus a promotion that gave you $2,000 on any motorcycle you traded in, running or not. So they've already given significant discounts, and I would imagine the discounts will get bigger as the launch of the new LiveWire company draws nearer.

I think the LiveWire is brilliant, but as far as Harley dealers are concerned it's a lame duck, no new Harley-branded LiveWire bikes are coming, so they need to clear them out ASAP.

So I expect the new LiveWire company to announce a 2021 model of the current bike, with no Harley badging, and a little less top speed and a little more range. Sold over the Internet, maybe delivered to a Harley dealership for pickup? And a substantial price cut. Maybe $22,995 or something, but I am thinking they may go all the way to $19,995.

And then, simultaneously, I expect they will showcase/announce future bikes that they're working on, likely including the middleweight and the scooter thing they've shown before. A family of bikes, but under the LiveWire name.

​​​​​And who knows, maybe there will be some sort of service agreement, where warranty work is done at the Harley dealerships, which might be mutually beneficial; the LW company still gets the advantage of a massive service network, the dealers are already trained to fix em, and the dealership gets a flow of well-heeled customers coming in.

Anyway, that's my long-winded guess as to how this will play out.

 

 

IKR you lucky lucky bastard.lol

 

https://electrek.co/2021/06/16/harle...t-slipped-out/